Webcast Educates Physicians On Value Based Care and Reimbursement

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Webcast Educates Physicians On Value Based Care and Reimbursement. Where is all the money going? Mostly to treat chronic illnesses like heart disease, diabetes, and asthma. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that care of chronic illness makes up 78% of US health expenditures. So how do we control the ballooning costs of healthcare while still provide high quality or high value care to our patients?

To help answer, that question, We’ve invited two value based care experts to the program. We’re pleased to introduce MedNet veteran Associate Professor Dr Aaron Clark who serves as the chair of Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is also the Medical Director of Value Based Care and Accountable Care Organization at OSU. And we’re also joined by Dr Sandeep Palakodeti who is an Internist and entrepreneur who founded 2 healthcare organizations Hopscotch Health and mishe.co.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

  • As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:
  • Understand and appreciate the recent trend in primary care shifting to retail and venture-backed organizations. Be able to define some of the key characteristics of why these practices are successful and are considered valuable for patients and by the market.
  • Describe a few prevailing trends that will shift how the industry is moving based on recent ruling by CMS and signs by other payors and stakeholders in healthcare.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Cost vs Outcomes
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Complex & High-Risk Patients
  • Administrative & IT burden
  • Health Disparities

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Care of Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Care of Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. On this CME webcast, we are going to examine these challenges and we are going to learn what we can do to overcome them. We welcome Dr. Heather Saha who is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the Ohio State University and Dr. Ashley Byrd who is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Ohio State.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • List the definitions of ID and DD
  • Describe primary care considerations of treating patients with ID/DD
  • Explain epidemiology of ID/DD
  • Recall the discussion of health disparities

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Typical age of diagnosis of intellectual and developmental disability
  • Psychiatric implications of intellectual and developmental disability
  • Early signs of autism spectrum disorder
  • The importance of early recognition of autism spectrum disorder
  • Medication management
  • Intellectual and developmental disability and substance abuse
  • Transition of care from pediatric to adult providers

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn about Contraception on CME Webcast

OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Contraception on CME Webcast. Today there are a lot more options for contraception. So many in fact, that it can be confusing at times which one to use. To review contraception and some of the more recent updates, We’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s experts. First, we have Dr Brett Worly, who is an Associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a leader of medical education. He has published multiple papers on the relationship between hormonal contraception and mental health. And we also have Hannah Parks who is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Feel comfortable counseling patients on different contraception options.
  • Recognize absolute and relative contraindications for contraception.
  • Discuss contraception options for the adolescent population.
  • Be familiar with contraceptive treatments for patient-specific indications

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Forms of Contraception
  • Birth Control in Adolescents
  • Vaginal Gel
  • Stopping Contraception
  • OCP Selection
  • Bone Density
  • LARC Duration
  • Emergency Contraception

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Gender Affirming Care on Webcast

OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Gender Affirming Care on Webcast. Gender affirming care has come a long way in the past century. Here to teach us more about gender affirming care are two of Ohio State University’s experts. We’re pleased to introduce Dr. Andrew Keaster, Assistant Professor of the Department of Family Medicine & Dr. Melissa Davis, Assistant Professor of Family & Community medicine.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Review feminizing gender affirming hormone therapy including types of medications used, contraindications, risks, and benefits of treatment.
  • Review masculinizing hormone therapy including contraindications, risks, and benefits of treatment and how this treatment may differ for non-binary individuals.
  • Learn the difference between Sex and Gender
  • Learn to create a safe, supportive space for gender diverse individuals

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Pronouns
  • Estrogen
  • Young Adults

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Opioid-Sparing Perioperative Care on CME Webcast

OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Opioid-Sparing Perioperative Care on CME Webcast. 2017 and the US declares the opioid epidemic a public health crisis. The CDC reports 136 people die of opioid overdose every day with synthetic opioids being the most common culprit. Opioids are still a useful tool in our pain management arsenal particularly when we’re putting a patient through a painful procedure—but what else can we use to manage perioperative pain? Here to answer this question and more is Dr Michelle Humeidan, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: understand the pathophysiology and diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes; and identify therapies that reduce mortality in acute coronary syndromes.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Frequency of Misuse
  • Addiction from short-term use
  • Opioid disposal
  • Preferred Opioids
  • Complementary Medicine
  • Intrathecal Opioids

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.